Generate Next Release Tag

• A GitHub Action to automate the process of creating the next release tag version for your repository. Note: this only generates a new release version instead of creating a new release.
• This action will set an environment variable named release_tag which can then be used to create the next release.
• It uses the previous release tag and increments over it based on year, month and iteration count.
• Template of release tag will be: vyy.mm.i, where v=prefix, yy=year, mm=month, i=iteration.
• For example, third release in December 2022 will be: v22.12.3.
• This action is recommended to be used with actions/create-release to create a release.

Inputs

github_token: Github Secret GITHUB_TOKEN or Personal Access Token which must be passed.

Outputs

Sets an environment variable named release_tag which contains the next release version.

Example workflow

name: Create Release

on: push

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Generate release tag
        uses: amitsingh-007/[email protected]
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Create Release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ env.release_tag }}
          release_name: Release ${{ env.release_tag }}